$650(If purchased 30+ days in advance of scheduled course)
$795(If purchased within 30 days of scheduled course)
Duration:
2 Days - 10am to 6pm
Included: •Apple Pro Courseware
COLOR CORRECTING AND GRADING IN FINAL CUT STUDIO Course Description: This two-day hands-on course will familiarize students with the color correcting capabilities of Final Cut Studio. Start with the basics of color balancing and correction, and move on to the fine points of secondary grading, including scene matching, using vignettes to isolate and track regions, creating advanced color effects and “looks,” skin tone adjustments, adjusting the composition and framing of a shot, and much more.
Time and Date: This course will run 10AM - 6PM for 2 consecutive days. Starting dates are listed above and available for purchase online (see “Next Planned Courses”). Who Should Attend? This course is designed for existing Final Cut Pro users who want to learn more about the color correction and grading capabilities of Color. The course is designed for those who prefer hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore the functionality of Color.
What You Will Learn: • Navigating the Color Rooms • Understanding Waveform and Vectorscopes. • Using trackers. • Color Correcting Contrast. • Color Correcting for Brightness. • Working with Vignettes. Prerequisites Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course: • Basic knowledge of the Mac OS X and basic computer navigation • Basic knowledge of editing terminology is recommended • Basic knowledge of Final Cut Pro 7 is required. Ideally, Trainees would have attended a Final Cut Pro 101, 102, 200 or 250 course. Certification This course covers the requirements necessary to successfully become anApple Certified Pro, Level One in Color Correction.Level 1 certification attests to basic operational knowledge of the application. Certification exams are offered for an additional $75 fee when taken in conjunction with a course.
This certification also counts towards the Final Cut Studio Master Pro certification. FCS Master certification recognizes a Certified Pro's skills with the entire Final Cut Studio product suite.
Course Outline - Day 1
Lesson 1
Controlling Contrast
Understanding Contrast, Controlling Contrast with the Color Corrector 3-Way Filter, Setting the Mood with the Mids and Creating Artificially High Contrast.
Lesson 2
Controlling Color
Understanding Color Balance, Using Primary Color Correction, Understanding the Color Balance Controls, Identifying and Correcting Color Casts, and Manipulating Color Directly in the Blacks, Mids and Whites.
Lesson 3
Color Correcting for Scene Continuity
Achieving Visual Harmony, Comparing Two Clips, Setting Up for Scene-by-Scene Color Correction, Color Correcting a Complete Scene and Project Tasks.
Lesson 4
Working with the Color Interface
Setting Up a Project, Understanding the Eight Rooms, Color’s Task-Based Workflow, Exploring the Setup Room, Applying Basic Grades, Viewing Your Images, Performing Secondary Grades, Employing Color FX, Applying Final Touches, Panning and Scanning, Utilizing Still Stores, Correcting the Sequence and The Render Queue Room.
Lesson 5
Basic Grading
Exploring the Primary Room, Using the Auto Balance Control, Grading with the Color Balance Controls, Grading with Curves and Understanding Additional Controls.
Lesson 6
Basic Secondary Grading
Three Types of Secondaries, Performing Key-Based Secondaries, Keying with HSL Qualifiers, Performing Vignette-Based Secondaries, Creating a Look and Secondary Curves.
Course Outline - Day 2
Lesson 7
Advanced Secondary Grading
Using Multiple Secondaries, Combining a Key and a Vignette, Using Multiple Keys, Creating Custom Mask Shapes, Combining Vignettes and Incorporating Curve Effects
Lesson 8
Color Effects
Overview of the Color FX Room, Applying Nodes, Building Color Effects, Controlling Node Order, Monitoring Inactive Nodes, Adding Nodes to Existing Trees, Saving and Reapplying Effects as Presents and Working with Preset Color Effects.
Lesson 9
Grade Management
Managing Grades on a Single Shot, Switching Between Grades, Adding and Deleting Grades, Duplicating a Grade, Setting the Beauty Grade, Saving Corrections and Grades, Deleting Saved Corrections, Organizing Corrections, Saving Secondary Corrections, Saving Grades, Moving Grades from Clip to Clip, Dragging Individual Corrections, Grouping Shots, Applying Grades to Groups and Working with Multiple Grades.
Lesson 10
Keyframing Effects
Animating Effects in Color, Manipulating Keyframes, Navigating to Keyframes, Deleting Keyframes, Keyframing Other Rooms, Changing Interpolation Settings, Animating User Shapes, Adding Intermediary Keyframes and Keyframing Color Effects.
Lesson 11
Recomposing and Tracking
Using the Geometry Room, Recomposing Shots, Animating Pan and Scan Effects, Tracking Objects, Applying Tracking Data to Corrections, Offsetting the Vignette and Manual Tracking Techniques.
Lesson 12
Primary Out and Rendering
Global Changes and Final Tweaks, Modifying and Replacing Primary Out Room Settings, Creating a Stylized Look, Applying Stylized Primary Out Corrections to Grouped Clips, Manually Controlling Broadcast Safe Output, Adjusting Black Levels, Limiting Black Level Adjustments, Manually Adjusting White and Black Levels, Manually Adjusting Chroma Levels, Rendering Color Projects, Adding Clips to the Render Queue, Rendering Shots and Sending to Final Cut Pro and Using Color’s Archive Feature.
Lesson 13
Lesson Review &(Optional) Certification Exam
During this final lesson, your Trainer will run a complete review of each of the topics you have covered in the class. There will be time for questions and answers as well as test preparation for those taking the optional certification exam. Trainees take an end user exam to earn Apple Certified Pro, Color Correction Level One status.
